Visited in October 2025. Apparently the memorial museum is here because Inoue was from Asahikawa, but soon after he was born he moved to his mother's family home in Izu Yugashima. Still, perhaps it was also his own wish. The memorial museum is here. And since May 2012, the study and reception room from Yasushi Inoue's home in Setagaya, Tokyo, have been relocated here and opened to the public.

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This is information researched by AI. 🏛️ Background and history of the Yasushi Inoue Memorial Museum Establishment and opening The Yasushi Inoue Memorial Museum is a literary memorial museum created to honor the renowned Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue（1907〜1991）. The current building was completed on March 13, 1993（Heisei 5） and opened on July 24 of the same year（close to Yasushi Inoue's birthday）. Background to its construction Records state that approval to establish the museum was obtained when Yasushi Inoue gave a lecture in Asahikawa City and attended the unveiling of a literary monument in September 1990, about 4 months before the museum opened. Yasushi Inoue was born in Asahikawa, and creating a facility honoring literature there was also a wish of the local community. Exhibits and collection Admission was initially free, but an admission fee has been charged since April 1, 2006. The museum's collection amounts to approximately 470 items（the initial figure）, with Yasushi Inoue's manuscripts, letters, research notebooks, photographs, cherished possessions, and registered-domicile documents on display. Expansion of the exhibits On May 6, 2012, the “study” and “reception room” from Yasushi Inoue's home in Setagaya, Tokyo, were relocated to the museum and opened to the public, further enriching the exhibition space. Present day In addition to the permanent exhibition, the museum regularly holds themed and special exhibitions, introducing Yasushi Inoue's creative work and personality from various perspectives. 📌 Summary: Yasushi Inoue Memorial Museum timeline March 13, 1993: Building completed. July 24, 1993: Opened as the Yasushi Kawai Memorial Museum. April 1, 2006: Admission fee introduced. May 6, 2012: Yasushi Inoue's study and reception room relocated and opened to the public. The following is my review. From the cafe diagonally opposite Then from the Nakahara Teijiro Memorial Sculpture Museum I came to visit. For those visiting together with the sculpture museum There is something like a combined discount so please ask the staff. Inside the museum There are displays of Yasushi Inoue's study and reception room As well as narrative exhibits that let you experience part of his life. His birth, upbringing, writings from various periods, and so on draw you in before you realize it. Embarrassingly, I had not read any of Yasushi Inoue's books But after seeing the course of his life I really wanted to read them. Thank you for letting me see these precious exhibits.

2025·R7.10.11 My first visit. This "Yasushi Inoue Memorial Museum" is beside the Nakahara Teijiro Memorial Asahikawa Sculpture Museum, with Rokkakudo between them (there are many memorial museums, memorial rooms, and literary museums bearing the name "Yasushi Inoue" across Japan; besides Asahikawa, there apparently are also ones in Iwate, Kanagawa, Shiga, Shizuoka, and Tottori). Yasushi Inoue was a Japanese novelist and poet, born in Asahikawa on 1907·M40.5.6 and deceased on 1991·H3.1.29. He left countless works, including novels, travel writing, and poetry that he continued writing throughout his life until his final work at age 83. He was born in the Seventh Division's official housing to his father Hayao, then a military doctor with the former army's Seventh Division in Asahikawa, and his mother Yae. Apparently, because of his father's military deployment, he left Hokkaido at age 1 and moved to Izu Yugashima, Shizuoka Prefecture. Having spent much of his childhood in Izu, Shizuoka, he wrote in the essay 『My Hometown Izu』 that he distinguished between "Asahikawa, Hokkaido" when asked his "birthplace" and "Shizuoka Prefecture" when asked where he was "from." Yasushi Inoue was described as "a regular yokozuna in the literary world's ranking of heavy drinkers," and his alcohol consumption reportedly kept increasing until his 70s. There is an anecdote that in 1986·S61 he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer (said to have been caused by smoking since junior high school), and immediately after a 5-hour operation, while still groggy from anesthesia in intensive care, he began lecturing the doctors around him: “As for heaven's decree, benevolence is the compassion established between two people.” (A doctor who heard the lecture reportedly told his eldest daughter Ikuyo, “It was a proper lecture, and I listened with interest.”) He visited Asahikawa in 1990·H2.9, 4 months before his death, for the unveiling of a literary tribute monument held alongside a special lecture at Asahikawa City's 100th founding anniversary ceremony, and approval to establish the Yasushi Inoue Memorial Museum was reportedly obtained then. It opened on 1993·H5.7.24t, more than 2 years after his death (the study and reception-room section on 2012·H24.5.6), and is truly a facility where you can experience the footsteps of a "literary giant.

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I visited during Golden Week, but there were few people and it was a very quiet space. You could learn about Yasushi Inoue's upbringing. His study, reception room, and other spaces had also been relocated here, and I felt something when I stepped inside them. I recommend it.

The works and life of Yasushi Inoue, who was born in Asahikawa, are introduced here, with displays of the Order of Culture he received, records of research trips, handwritten manuscripts, and more. Part of his Tokyo home, the reception room and study, has been recreated, with donated artworks and books arranged inside. There was an incredible ceramic work by Kanjiro Kawai in the spacious reception room, but unfortunately I could not see it up close.

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